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The Effects of Recessed Lower Surface Shape on the Lift and Drag of Conical Wings at High Incidence and High Mach Number
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2016
Summary
For lifting re-entry there may be advantages in using wings which give as high a lift coefficient as possible at the design value of the lift/drag ratio. This paper presents the results of an experimental and theoretical study of wings with recessed lower surfaces designed to give high values of CL. The calculations show that a wide range of wing shapes can be found that give values of CL which are much larger than those on a flat wing with the same lift/drag ratio.
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